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Photo#695685
Winged louse, head lateral - Rhyopsocus

Winged louse, head lateral - Rhyopsocus
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
October 9, 2011
Size: 1.1 mm body
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This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 237 images with a 3.6 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo BD Plan APO 20X/0.42 microscope objective + Nikon 200 mm F4 AF ED IF macro lens + Nikon D300 camera (magnification 20X; technique described here).

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Amazing!!
Looks like Trogiomorpha to me. Forewing resembles Fig 28 in (1) for Soa flaviterminata but it is probably not that species. Forewing also resembles that of Rhyopsocus texana (Fig. 43), but is not that species either. In any event, this one is going to be a very interesting specimen! I'm going to subscribe to see how this one turns out! Thanks for posting!

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